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DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING SERVICES
Weld County Administrative Offices
1555 N. 17th Avenue, Greeley, CO 80631
Phone (970)353-6100, Ext. 3540
WIlD O • Fax (970)304-6498
COLORADO
July 30, 1999
Jackie Nelson
Dear Mrs. Nelson:
Staff has considered your FAX regarding your landscaping plan. Unfortunately, we do not feel it
gives us enough information to respond.
There are many different types of Elm trees. Without the scientific name we can not determine
if they are disease resistant. Dutch Elm disease is a consideration. Also Elms require a great
deal of pruning. This would need to be incorporated in your maintenance plan. You indicated
"seedlings" would be used. Because the wind break was very controversial at the Board
Hearings, Staff is concerned about the size of the trees at time of planting. Unless you can
document that these will grow at an extraordinary rate, Staff would prefer larger sizes.
I have included a copy of a landscaping plan submitted for another Use by Special Review
Permit. Your plan will not need to be as complicated as the example. I hope it will help you
understand what the Planning Department is needing.
Please draw the plants on the landscaping plan and refer to them by the scientific names as
well as the common name. Sizes need to be in caliper, for example 3", or root size to be
helpful.
If you have further question, please contact me at the above address or call (970) 353-6100
ext. 3540.
Sincerely,
Sheri Lockman
Planner
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FACSIMILE COVER PAGE
To : Sheri Lockman From : Jackie Nelson
Sent : 7/20/99 at 1:34:30 PM Pages : 2 (including Cover)
Subject : Landscape Plan for trees on Special Use Permit
Sheri:
This plan is identical to the other except that we would get seedlings from the Colorado State Forest Service
Nursery, instead of taking cuttlings off our trees. I hope this works.
Let me know.
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Landscaping Plan for Special Use Permit:
As noted on the map, we would plant a row of trees on the north fence line from the east
fence line — 630'to the west. The trees would be —6-8' from the north fence line. We
would plant another row of trees on the south fence line from the east fence line -- 350' to
the west. The frees would be— 6-8' from the south property line.
We are proposing to plant Native Elm Trees because of the speed of their growth, their
hardiness, and we already have Elms growing on this property to the north fence line
(located more to the west than that of the Special Use area). I had checked with Mike Shay
at the Soil Conservation Office and he thought these would be an excellent choice. We
would get the Native Elms from the Colorado State Forest Service Nursery, these would
be the seedlings and would be — 18 - 24 inches tall, and plant them 15-20 ft. apart, as
recommended by Mike Shay. The Elm trees are a rapid growing tree and grow approx. 2-
3 feet/year (Per the Fort Collins Nursery 970-482-1984).
If the Elm trees are not accepted, our 2nd proposal would be to plant the cedar trees that
we can get through the Soil Conservation Office in the Spring. These would be around 12
- 18 inches tall. We would plant these 8 feet apart. Due to the slower speed of growth we
would like to plant the rapid growing Elm Trees. These would be a great windbreak and
we would not need to plant the cedars with them.
We would water the trees with a drip line system on a regular basis, or with a water truck,
that we will also be having to purchase to water the arena, to keep the dust from blowing
during these events. I have already planted over 450 trees on our property that are 6-10'
Pinyons, and 10 - 30' Aspens and various shade trees that are at least 2" caliper. All of
these frees are on a drip system already existing, so it would not take much to add the drip
system to the new trees. We would also replace any of the trees that would die, as soon as
the season would let us, as you should plant trees in the spring or the fall.
From.Jackie Nelson Ti, Sheri Lockman
Date:6/16/99 Time:9:58:02 AM
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To : Sheri Lockman
From : Jackie Nelson
Sent : 6/16/99 at 9:57:56 AM
Pages : 2 (including Cover)
Subject : Revised Landscape Plan
Attn: Sheri Lockman
Hi, Sheri
I put together the new plan. Let me know if it's approved. Also, Tim is working on the Manure Plan this week. I
will get the map updated a drop a copy off to your office by next week. Let me know if you need anything else,
and if this time frame is OK.
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Landscaping Plan for Special Use Permit:
As noted on the map, we would plant a row of trees on the north fence line from the east
fence line - - 630'to the west. The trees would be —6-8' from the north fence line. We
would plant another row of trees on the south fence line from the east fence line--- 350' to
the west. The trees would be —6-8' from the south property line.
We are proposing to plant Native Elm Trees because of the speed of their growth, their
hardiness, and we already have Elms growing on this property to the north fence line
(located more to the west than that of the Special Use area). I had checked with Mike Shay
at the Soil Conservation Office and he thought these would be an excellent choice. We
would take cuttings off the excisting trees, these would vary in size, approximately 2 - 4
feet tall, and plant them 15-20 ft. apart, as recommended by Mike Shay. The Elm trees are
a rapid growing tree and grow approx. 2-3 feet/year (Per the Fort Collins Nursery 970-
482-1984).
If the Elm frees are not accepted, our 2nd proposal would be to plant the cedar trees that
we can get through the Soil Conservation Office in the Spring. These would be around 12
- 18 inches tall. We would plant these 8 feet apart. Due to the slower speed of growth we
would like to plant the rapid growing Elm Trees. These would be a great windbreak and
we would not need to plant the cedars with them.
We would water the trees with a drip line system on a regular basis, or with a water truck,
that we will also be having to purchase to water the arena, to keep the dust from blowing
during these events. I have already planted over 450 trees on our property that are 6-10'
Pinyons, and 10 - 30'Aspens and various shade trees that are at least 2" caliper. All of
these trees are on a drip system already existing, so it would not take much to add the drip
system to the new frees. We would also replace any of the frees that would die, as soon as
the season would let us, as you should plant frees in the spring or the fall.
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D pARTMENT OF PLANNING SERVICES
1; 01 Weld County Administrative Offices
1555 N. 17th Avenue, Greeley, CO 80631
' Phone(970) 353-6100, Ext. 3540
Fax(970) 304-6498
C.
COLORADO
February 7, 2000
Roy & Jacqueline Nelson
P.O. Box 526
Kersey, CO 80644
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Nelson:
Thank you for submitting the final conditions of approval for Use by Special Review Permit
1224. The Department of Public Health and Environment has approved your manure and
wastewater plan. Planning staff has approved your landscaping plan. We do suggest you
discuss a guarantee with the company supplying the Austrees. Bareroot plants have a higher
mortality rate than those in pots or balled in burlap. Since you will be required to maintain the
landscaping, it might be in your best interest to see if the supplier will replace those that do
not survive.
The last requirement is to submit a mylar copy of your plat with your signatures. If you have
further questions or concerns, please contact our office at the above address or call (970)
353-6100 ext. 3540.
Sincerely,
Sheri Lockman
Planner
RESOLUTION, USR-1224
The following are the completed recommendation for the approval of the above USSR.
1. The Manure and Wastewater Management Plan is attatched.
2. Please note the 40 feet of right-of-way delineated on the plat for the future expansion of
WCR 53.
3. Please note the proposed access is recessed off of WCR 53 at least 30 feet. Please note
the 30 foot wide, 15 inch culvert that is delinated on the plot, also.
4. The Landscaping plan is attatched and the changes have been added to the plot. Please
note.
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FROM: TIM NELSON
REGARDING: PLAN FOR RUN-OFF
As requested, please find enclosed a detailed map to scale of the problem area. Please
note the flow lines, divides, and the surface water features.
We had spoken about two ponds, which I will refer to as the west pond and the east pond.
Below are the calculations on the west pond.
586' x 778' =455,908 square ft.
586' x 142' = 83,212 square ft.
539,120 square ft. total
x .18 (amount of rain in ft. that will run-off)
= 97,041.6 cubic ft.
Size of west pond will be 269' long, 60'wide, 8' depth (This includes 2 ft. of freeboard.)
Below are the calculations on the east pond.
142' x 336' =47,712'
x.18 (amount of rain in ft. that will run-off)
= 8588.16 cubic ft.
size of east pond will be 29' long, 60' wide, 7' depth (This includes 2 ft. of freeboard.)
The pond will be drained by using my 10 h.p. pump and 3" pvc pipe that will run to the
run-off divide line to the west of the pond. The drained water will run over my pasture
grasses, and into an already existing lagoon on my property. This lagoon is the lowest
elevation in the area and there is no chance of any waste water escaping my property or
contaminating surface waters.
This plan involves moving my east-west running alley on the my southern border. This
alley is 825' long and is 2 sided which involves tearing down and rebuilding 1650' of fence.
Of course, in addition to moving the fences is the dirt work. Because of financial
constraints, I plan to do all the work myself. I am requesting 90 days to have this project
completed.
I hope this plan meets with your approval. If there is any problems or changes needed,
please call me at 970-284-5333 or contact me by mail.
Tim Nelson
MANURE AND WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR USR-1224
A wastewater management plan is already in effect. The plan was approved by the Weld
County Health Department. The written text and drawings are already on file for such.
MANURE PLAN: A manure management plan has been in effect since we have begun
our cattle feeding operations on this site in 1997.
Since a relatively small number of cattle our kept on the property (100-200 head) in
proportion to the large size of the pens the amount of manure produced has been minute.
In addition the cattle on the property are used for roping. Because of this the cattle are on
a maintenance only feed ration. Ideally this ration will maintain their health and energy
without making the cattle overweight or grow too fast for roping purposes. This also
reduces the amount of manure generally associated the amount of cattle here.
Every year we have cleaned our pens and pile the manure in the pens. This is a common
practice at feed yards. The mounds in the pens provide wind and weather protection and a
dry place for cattle to be in wet weather. The mounds also serve to age the manure and
provide the benefits of compost to apply on farmland.
After 3 years of annual cleanings we now have one small mound in each pen. This
applicant proposes to continue with this process. In addition to annual cleanings and
composting we would have all the manure removed every three years. The removal would
be done by local farmers to be land applied at their discretion. If for some reason removal
would seem necessary before the time mentioned, we would willingly do so.
Landscaping Plan for Special Use Permit:
As noted on the map, we would plant a row of trees on the north fence line from the east
fence line- 630'to the west. The trees would be- 15'from the north fence line. We
would plant another row of trees on the south fence line from the east fence line- 390' to
the west. The trees would be— 15' from the south property line.
We are proposing to plant the Austree Hybrid windbreak trees. Austree Hybrids are fast
growing, you can see 8 - 10 feet of growth the first year, and some experience up to 15
feet of growth the first year. The Austree Hybrid will top out at 50 to 70 feet depending
on soil, weather and water conditions. The Austree Hybrid is greatly recommended for a
wide range of environmental conditions. They are widely used for soil conservation, noise
and dust barriers, shade trees, hedges, privacy screens, windbreaks, and erosion control.
All of the above are reasons why we are planting. The Austree Hybrid is available from the
Rocky Mountain Austree, Inc. in Colorado Springs, CO. It is recommended to plant the
trees approx. 3-5 feet apart for a single windbreak or hedge. The trees are available in 2-3
foot sizes. This is the only size they have available to purchase for the windbreak trees.
They also recommend to plant these trees after the last chance of a killing freeze, so we
would plant sometime in April, depending on the weather. I have also included a copy of
the brochure on the information of the Austree Trees.
We would water the trees with a drip line system on a regular basis, which would be a
slow drip system every three days. I have already planted over 450 trees on our property
that are 6-10'Pinyons, and 10 - 30' Aspens and various shade trees that are at least 2"
caliper. All of these trees are on a slow drip system already existing, so it would not take
much to add the drip system to the new trees. We would also replace any of the trees that
would die, as soon as the season would let us, as you should plant trees in the spring or
the fall.
In Summary: We would plant the Austree Hybrid Windbreak Trees, (Salix Matsudana X
Alba), in the 2-3 foot bareroot size, and purchase approximately 220 trees to plant 5 feet
apart in early Spring, probably April. These trees would be watered with a slow drip
system every three days.
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